
Lower Brule’s JayShawn Milton clears the bar at 6’7″ to win the boys high jump during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Canistota’s Xavier Woods competes in the shot put during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)
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Canistota’s Xavier Woods unleashes a throw of 58′ 2.25″ in the shot put during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Howard’s Bailey Rudebusch competes in the discus during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Howard’s Madison Kizer clears the bar at 5’3″ during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Brady Tolsma races around the corner while running a leg of the boys 3200 meter relay during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Myah Selland competes in the triple jump during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Spens Schlicht competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Caden Tegethoff competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Brady Tolsma and Cayson Eide compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Burke/South Central’s Vladik Johnson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Hunter Johnson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Burke/South Central’s Kray Person competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Matt Campbell competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Gregory’s Caleb Stukel competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Ally Bertram competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Camden Plooster competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Erica Koster competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Kaitlin DeBoer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Jordan Ziebart competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Mattilynn Reiner, 771, and Corsica-Stickney’s Rachel Gerlach compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Kennedee Weber competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Kristin Kotas competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Joslyn Schrank, 58, and Lyman’s Quinn Lulf compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Lyman’s Sara Herman competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Julia Weber competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Courtney Menning competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Hanson’s Heather Kayser competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Matrix Noteboom competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Alyssa Whitney competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Saydee Heath, 148, and Kaydee Heath compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Brooklyn Brouwer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Freeman’s Dayna Roth competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Callie Heath competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Kaetlyn Engebretson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Alexis Peterson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Freeman’s Braxton Schmidt competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Cole Gerlach competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Chase Dufek competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Cole Gassman competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Bryce Plamp, 185, and Clayton Menning compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Jackson Kinzer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Jamin Arend competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Landon Bruinsma comeptes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Sawyer Schultz and Colome’s Holden Thieman compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Kimball/White Lake’s Darby Deffenbaugh competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Hallie Hallock competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Freeman’s Journey Mehlhaf competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Hanson’s Heather Kayser, 352, and Colome’s Callie Heath compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Courtney Menning competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Brooklyn Brouwer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Sawyer Schultz, 67, and Jamin Arend compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Avon’s Kacie Mudder competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Colome’s Matt Campbell competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Howard’s Aleya Kizer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Burke/South Central’s Lahna Matucha competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Andes Central/Dakota Christian’s Beulah Black Cloud competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Freeman Academy/Marion’s Tiana Schroeder competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Kimball/White Lake’s Ellie Overweg competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Avon’s Ali Sees competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Kimball/White Lake’s Ellie Overweg competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Megan Poyer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Canistota’s Noelle Hofer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Ally Holter competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Caycee Guinn competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Alexis Peterson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Ellie Voneye, 714, and Gregory’s Emma Thomas compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Alyssa Whitney competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Hanson’s Heather Kayser competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Tripp-Delmont/Armour’s Mattilynn Reiner competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Kennedee Weber competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Hanson’s Hanna Robinson competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Myah Selland competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Corsica-Stickney’s Rachel Gerlach competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Howard’s Aleya Kizer competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Avon’s Wyatt Duncan, 32, and Tate Wynia compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Avon’s Wyatt Duncan, 32, and Tate Wynia compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Avon’s Wyatt Duncan, 32, and Tate Wynia compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Bridgewater-Emery’s Jacob Eddy competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Freeman Academy/Marion’s Jayden Lemons competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Gregory’s Jayd VanDerWerff, 347, and Caleb Stukel compete during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Logun Feistner competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Gregory’s Robert Vomacka competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Spens Schlicht competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Howard’s Bailey Rudebusch competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Platte-Geddes’ Hallie Hallock competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Mitchell Christian’s Adaya Plastow is helped off the track after finishing the 800 meter run during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Myah Selland competes during the first day of the Class B state track meet at Howard Wood on Friday in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade / Republic)